Yellow Bandhani, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Kaftan - K112

Yellow Bandhani, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Kaftan - K112Yellow bandhani a sunny, warm yellow ground scattered with the small pale dots of the bind and dye process. The yellow is bright without being harsh, and the bandhani texture softens it further, giving the cloth a quality that catches light rather than just reflecting it. The thousands of tiny knots that created this pattern were tied one at a time before the cloth ever touched the dye. The uniformity of the dot pattern is impressive when you think

Available in indigo

It photographs warmly and wears warmly

and the ovals float across the cloth with a calm regularity that keeps the pattern from feeling dense

full leaf-green across the whole cloth — not a pattern but a presence

Yellow bandhani has an energy to it that the deeper-coloured bandhani pieces don't — the lightness of the colour and the fine dot pattern together give the cloth a quality that catches light rather than absorbing it

The angles of a diamond are harder to draw in wax than curves — sharp corners require precision and confidence

Where the wax was thicker

and the evenness of the colour across the cloth reflects that

Where it loosened slightly

Block design batik uses larger wax areas to create the pattern

closer to aubergine than lavender

the corners carry the small variations that come from a freehand-drawn line — consistent enough to hold the pattern